Home Economist / Fabric Care Specialist

Lucinda Ottusch is a senior home economist and fabric care specialist for the Whirlpool Institute of Fabric Science. Ottusch has spent more than a decade researching the washing and drying process to determine the most effective ways to care for clothes.

In addition to her work in the US market, Ottusch has spent extensive time traveling to Europe, Asia and South America to get a truly global perspective of consumers’ fabric care needs. Prior to joining Whirlpool, Ottusch worked in many home economics-related occupations, including teaching, demonstrating and sales. She has taught classes in cooking and adult education. With both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education, Ottusch is ideally suited to teach others about fabric care.

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Product Manager – Front Load Washers

Matt Kueny is the Manager of Product Development Group for Miele USA, and has been with the company for over fourteen years. In his role, he provides technical leadership, generation of new product ideas, and management of product development projects.

Matthew Kueny is the Head of Product Development for Miele USA . In this role, he oversees all product development and implementation projects for North America, including market research, product documentation and governmental affairs.

Matt began his career with Miele in 1990 as an intern while attending Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. Upon graduation, he began using his education in Mechanical Engineering and Economics as part of then Product Marketing group. Over the years, Matt became thoroughly versed in the operations of Miele USA and has also spent time working for Miele in England; evaluating and learning their business model to help guide the record growth of Miele USA .

Appointed Product Coordinator for Miele USA in 1995, he began working exclusively on the development and branding of Miele products for North America. This role ultimately led to his promotion to his current position in 2000.

Matt’s work on the innovative MasterChef Oven Collection received numerous awards, including:

  • Good Design Award given by The Chicago Athenaeum:
  • Home Magazine’s 2004 American Building Product Award
  • 2004 Kitchen and Bath Award from Women’s Day
  • iF Design Award 2004 from Industrie Forum Design Hannover.

Matt applies Miele’s credo of “Immer Besser” – “Forever Better” to enhance existing products while simultaneously looking to develop new and innovative ideas for Miele in the future.

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Hosts of What Not to Wear

Clinton Kelly honed his fashion sensibilities and expertise with his tenure as fashion magazine editor for several noted publications. Most recently, he was Executive Editor of DNR, a New York-based weekly men’s fashion and retail trade magazine. Prior to that, he was an editor at Mademoiselle and Marie Claire.Stacy London has been working in fashion for 14 years, beginning her career at Vogue magazine as a fashion assistant and later returned to Conde Nast as the Senior Fashion Editor at Mademoiselle. She has styled fashion photos for such editorial publications as Italian D, Nylon and Contents.

 

Stacey LondonSTACY LONDON
FASHION EXPERT

Stacy has been working in fashion for 14 years, beginning her career at Vogue magazine as a fashion assistant and later returned to Conde Nast as the Senior Fashion Editor at Mademoiselle. She has styled fashion photos for such editorial publications as Italian D, Nylon and Contents.

She has worked with a number of celebrities including Kate Winslet and Liv Tyler, as well as on fashion shows for designers such as Rebecca Taylor and Vivienne Tam. Over the last two years, Stacy has worked with numerous advertising clients, such as Wonderbra, Covergirl, Target and Levi’s.

Stacy returns for the second season of WHAT NOT TO WEAR.

Clinton KellyCLINTON KELLY
FASHION EXPERT

Clinton honed his fashion sensibilities and expertise with his tenure as fashion magazine editor for several noted publications. Most recently, he was Executive Editor of DNR, a New York-based weekly men’s fashion and retail trade magazine. Prior to that, he was an editor at Mademoiselle and Marie Claire.

In addition to being a fashion journalist, Clinton is also no stranger to television. During the mid-90s, he hosted a program on Q2 (part of QVC), catapulting him as one of the network’s most noted hosts.

This is Clinton’s first season on WHAT NOT TO WEAR

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Style, Travel & Entertainment Author

Lauren David Peden has been covering the style, travel and entertainment beat since 1990. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Glamour, Travel + Leisure, Time Out, GQ, More, Self, the New York Post, Buisness Traveler, CS, Coast and MTV Magazine among others.

 

Lauren is has been covering the style, travel and entertainment beat since 1990. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Elle, Glamour, Travel + Leisure, Time Out, GQ, More, Self, the New York Post, Buisness Traveler, CS, Coast and MTV Magazine among others. She has also been an editor at Mademoiselle magazine, wrote a music column ( “Listen Up!” ) for TV Guide, and edited the NY Women in Film & Television newsletter. Ms. Peden is the author of seven books and is currently at work on her eighth, a “sex and drugs and rock and roll” memoir.

Style, Resale Clothing Owner – Secondi, Inc.

After graduating from college in 1973, Caity Callison came to Washington to work at Eastern Market Pottery in Capitol Hill. She was a studio potter for thirteen years and augmented her living by working at Clothes Encounters, a consignment shop near Eastern Market.

 

After graduating from college in 1973, Caity Callison came to Washington to work at Eastern Market Pottery in Capitol Hill. She was a studio potter for thirteen years and augmented her living by working at Clothes Encounters, a consignment shop near Eastern Market.
She worked there for three years and enjoyed it so much that she decided to open her own shop in Dupont Circle. In 1986, her sister, Deirdre, loaned her $13,000 and she opened her first shop on Connecticut Avenue with thirty consignors. They were in a second floor rear space in what had once been the dining room of a mansion house.

After ten years, she moved the store to its present location at the corner of R St. and Connecticut˜a sunny space with windows on two sides. Caity Callison’s consignors now number over 15,000 and many mail to her from all over the country, including New York, Chicago, and California.

Shannon Chichester — Manager – Secondi, Inc.
A native Washingtonian, Shannon has been with Secondi for six years, working her way up to manager. Secondi customers know and love her˜they especially admire her ability to sense a woman’s best colors and her most flattering fit. Shannon encourages women to find that one timeless piece of clothing that will remain in their closet for years, instead of the latest style that will soon expire. While she stays up-to-date on all the latest designer shows, trends, and fashion news, she uses them as inspiration, not hard and fast rules

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Style, Resale Clothing Owner – AdDress Boutique

Maureen Clavin pioneered the concept of the designer resale store some 35 years ago when she opened her first resale boutique in Los Angeles. A California native raised on a street above the Chateau Marmont Hotel, Maureen came of age during the fabulous 40s’ the Golden Age of Hollywood glamour when every woman aspired to look and dress like a movie star!

Maureen Clavin pioneered the concept of the designer resale store some 35 years ago when she opened her first resale boutique in Los Angeles. A California native raised on a street above the Chateau Marmont Hotel, Maureen came of age during the fabulous 40s’ the Golden Age of Hollywood glamour when every woman aspired to look and dress like a movie star!

Maureen also has a keen sense of style, most evident in the design of her store front and in the clothing, handbags and shoes that she selects to re-sell. When Maureen shops for the store, she only picks the finest and most elegant. Though AdDress Boutique sells mostly to women, it does have does a have a rack of men’s Armani suits at very attractive prices.

Vintage Clothing Expert Cindy Spade

Cindy Spade realized that her hobby wasn’t such a strange thing. ” I really got my feet wet in this business in another vintage store before Ver Unica for 2 1/2 years. It was a school of hard knocks, but I was able to come away with a far greater knowledge of the type of business that I would have next.
Long before I moved to the bay area I had been in search of interesting clothing items and accessories to wear and collect. It all started in high school in Kansas and naturally my passions made me feel a little out of place from the norm. It wasn’t until I moved to San Francisco in 1993 that I realized that my hobby wasn’t such a strange thing. I really got my feet wet in this business in another vintage store before Ver Unica for 2 1/2 years. It was a school of hard knocks, but I was able to come away with a far greater knowledge of the type of business that I would have next.

Ver Unica is a business that grew from a couple of women with like minds…my partner Willow O’Brien and mine. We started Ver Unica in 1997 and have continued to improve and evolve the Ver Unica concept as we go. What makes Ver Unica different from most other vintage boutiques is that we believe in mixing of eras, adding a little new in from established clothing lines and combining bits and pieces here and there from small designers. Our philosophy is about personal style and fashion and enabling our clients to find special pieces that they can buy and add to their closets and collections.

We do all the hard work. We find it, clean it, and repair it before we display it in a very shopper friendly store environment. I would say that we are 65% to 70% vintage, with about 15% new and 15% small designer. These percentages fluctuate somewhat depending upon the season. We don’t do consignment. We get most of our vintage pieces from suppliers in other areas who shop the estate sales, thrift stores, garages sales and flea markets. We also buy by appointment in the store and personal collections form people.

We have a selection of vintage designer pieces such as Gucci, Pucci, Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass etc that we offer, but our real bread and butter is pristine vintage of all eras that (don’t always have a big name attached to them) and are amazing additions to anyone’s closet. Our return policy is no money back, we offer store credit, all returns require a receipt with tags attached within a week of purchasing the item.

Owner – Sheila Feeney Productions

Sheila Feeney has been an antique dealer, specializing in antique textiles, apparel and accessories for fifteen years. Prior to this, she was a Consultant under the Dukakis Administration, for the Massachusetts Office of Economic Affairs. Sheila was also employed as a Loan Officer for the US Small Business Administration, and served as a Disaster Specialist for the United States Government, requiring extensive travel all over the country.

Sheila Feeney has been an antique dealer, specializing in antique textiles, apparel and accessories for fifteen years. Prior to this, she was a Consultant under the Dukakis Administration, for the Massachusetts Office of Economic Affairs. Sheila was also employed as a Loan Officer for the US Small Business Administration, and served as a Disaster Specialist for the United States Government, requiring extensive travel all over the country.

Sheila had sold vintage clothing and linens to help pay for her college education. Having always had a deep love for beautiful and interesting old things, in 1990 Sheila decided to start her own business as an antique dealer, specializing in antique textiles. She became a successful dealer and shop owner in Massachusetts, and also participated in many of the top antique shows in New England and New York.

With a business education and professional background in business development and financial consulting, combined with her love of antique textiles and fashion, Sheila moved to Manhattan in February, 2000 to take a position as the Manager of the Metropolitan Vintage Fashion Show, which had taken a downward spiral with poor management. Under Sheila’s direction, the show took a completely different direction, attendance was surpassed, revenues increased, press reports became more favorable than ever. Sheila produced four successful shows at the Metropolitan. At that time, the owner of the Metropolitan decided that some family matters would require him to downsize his business.

Sheila left the Metropolitan in May, 2001 to start Sheila Feeney Productions. Her first independent show was to have taken place in September, 2001 at the Lexington Avenue Armory in Manhattan. When the 9/11 disaster occurred, the show was cancelled. Sheila regrouped and her first show was held in February, 2002 at the New Yorker Hotel at 34th Street and 8th Avenue. February, 2004 marked the eighth show and revues have been terrific. The show is beautiful, well laid out, and of the highest caliber. Dealers come from France, England, California, Illinois, Oregon, Maine, Florida and Massachusetts, as well as here in Manhattan to sell their frocks, fine linens, tapestries, as well as a myriad of fabulous accessories.

Expert Manager D.Porthault in New York City

After relocating to NYC, Karen met Remi Porthault and given her fluency in French, her store management experience and her knowledge of linens, she became a natural choice for the position of store manager in the NYC store. In her spare time, she entertains friends and is the captain of a USTA 4.5 tennis team in Manhattan.

Born in Upstate, N.Y. in 1964, Karen majored in French language and civilization at New York University. Immediately following her graduation,Karen started working in Paris at the NYU-in-France Center as the assistant
to the Director. Thirteen years later she was still living in France and was the proud owner of an antique store in Burgundy. The store specialized in furniture, paintings, antique linens and silver.

After relocating to NYC, Karen met Remi Porthault and given her fluency in French, her store management experience and her knowledge of linens, she became a natural choice for the position of store manager in the NYC store. In her spare time, she entertains friends and is the captain of a USTA 4.5
tennis team in Manhattan.

D. Porthault History
D. Porthault was founded in France in 1920 by Madeleine and Daniel Porthault (hence the D. in D. Porthault). The Porthault’s took an innovative step by creating the first printed and colored linens since everyone at
that time slept only on white linens. The excellent quality of the linens coupled with the beautiful prints quickly established the Porthaults as a premier linen manufacturer, catering to American and European aristocracy and royalty.

There are currently over 2500 different Porthault prints including the signature “Four Leaf Clover” pattern and the Single and Double Heart” patterns. Each year, approximately 40 new designs are created and put into
production. The company’s creations consistently combine a rare standard of good taste, excellent quality and an original sense of design and are recognized as the “haute couture” of linens.

All of Porthaults linens and towels are still manufactured on premises in the same factory in France since 1933. The weaving, dyeing, printing and tailoring are done under the watchful eyes of Marc and Remi Porthault,
respectively the son and grandson of the founders. Flagship stores exist in Paris, New York, Dallas and Dubai.

www.dporthault.com

Abrielle – Fine Table Linens and Bedding

Ann Sullivan has owned Abrielle in Washington, DC for 18 years. Ann has a passion for what she does and her knowledge of linens and lingerie is deep. Whether it‚s bedding or tabletop, Ann has an opinion. She has a lot of energy and her excitement is contagious!

Abrielle has a tremendous selection and Ann knows about every little piece in her store. She buys from companies all over the world and she is well aware of the care and maintenance needed to maintain all these beautiful fabrics. Abrielle: 202. 364.6118

Men’s Clothing Guide Author Steve Brinkman

  Style for Work and Social Events — About 18 months ago I left a lucrative sales position in the medical industry to research and write this book. Since then I’ve traveled extensively throughout the U.S. visiting men’s clothing stores, and continue to do so to provide you with the most current and valuable information on shopping for men’s clothes you’ll find anywhere.
 I’m an average guy with an above average interest in men’s fashion. I began buying my own clothes when I was eight. My taste and eye for quality gradually improved as I gained experience through trial and error over the years. I’ve made every mistake I caution you to avoid in my book. I’ve had to dress professionally for sales and marketing positions for twenty years. I’ve worked for small, medium, and Fortune 500 companies, and gotten a great understanding of how appropriate business dress improves confidence, performance, and quality of life.
About 18 months ago I left a lucrative sales position in the medical industry to research and write this book. Since then I’ve traveled extensively throughout the U.S. visiting men’s clothing stores, and continue to do so to provide you with the most current and valuable information on shopping for men’s clothes you’ll find anywhere.

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Blinds and Window Coverings

As a related service … Know how to use window coverings that highlights and instantly adds design to your windows that match your style.The Curtain Exchange of Fairfax  is one of 20 some franchise stores in locations ranging from Naples, Florida to Boston, and Houston to Grand Rapids. The Denver store will open this month.

The Curtain Exchange of Fairfax is one of 20 some franchise stores in locations ranging from Naples, Florida to Boston, and Houston to Grand Rapids. The Denver store will opethis month.

 

The Curtain Exchange applies the concept of “ready to wear” designer dresses to fabric window coverings. Instead of taking a swatch home, or buying a curtain based on how it looks in the store, you get to take several panels home to see how they look in your lighting with the items that will be surrounding them. Once the customer chooses a curtain, they can have 2 pair right off the show room floor. Larger orders usually arrive within 5 weeks.

{mosimage} Robin is a mother of two beautiful daughters and for the past 16 years Robin has worked in the interior design area gaining experience across the country. She has worked as a designer in Florida, Alabama, California, New Mexico, Okinawa Japan, and most recently in Northern Virginia.

In November 2001 Robin became a certified redesign specialist and started her own successful interior redesign business in Fairfax VA. Then in Dec 2003 she opened the Curtain Exchange of Fairfax so as to better balance family and work.

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